“In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him
who loved us.” —Romans 8:37
“Paul was speaking here of the things that might seem likely to separate a saint from the love of God.
But the remarkable thing is that nothing
can come between the love of God and a saint. The things Paul mentioned in
this passage can and do disrupt the close
fellowship of our soul with God and separate our natural life from Him. But
none of them is able to come between the love of God and the soul of a saint on
the spiritual level. The underlying
foundation of the Christian faith is the undeserved, limitless miracle of the
love of God that was exhibited on the Cross of Calvary; a love that is not
earned and can never be. […] Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a
tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. […] The things we try to
avoid and fight against— tribulation, suffering, and persecution— are the very
things that produce abundant joy in us. “We are more than conquerors through
Him” “in all these things”; not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. A
saint doesn’t know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of
it. Paul said, “I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation” (2 Corinthians
7:4). CHAMBERS
There are two major points here. First, for a Christian, sin can disrupt our
fellowship with God, but it cannot undo our relationship with our Father. Something that we must keep in mind. 1 John
1:9 says we must confess our sins to Him.
That is not just at the point of salvation … but whenever we sin. Do not minimize the significance of your
sin. Jesus went to the cross because of
it. Adam and Eve were cast from the
Garden because of it. King Saul lost his
kingdom because of it. God can have no
part of sin which means you can only approach God with a clean heart. How often do you approach God’s throne in
prayer with sin in your heart … with dirty hands … Psalm 24:3-4 “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may
stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart…”
The second point is that God uses difficult times to shape
us .. to conform us into the image of His Son.
To understand this, you must understand it from a position of faith and
not feeling. Our feelings are running
wild in difficult times … if we do not keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, our
feelings will rule us – shape our attitudes – steal our joy. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely
dim, in the light of His glory and grace. Oh soul are you weary and troubled? No
light in the darkness you see? There's light for a look at the Saviour, And
life more abundant and free” ELGIN
Romans 8:35-39 “Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or
persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For
your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be
slaughtered.” No, in all these things we
are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the
future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.”
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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